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Federal Pay Raises
Limited for Year,
Budget Bureau Rules
Committee Hearing
Record Reveals Other
Interesting Facts
By the Associated Press.
The record of a House committee
hearing brought bad news today to
hundreds of thousands of Govern
ment workers.
Under a ruling by the Budget Bu
reau, witnesses before the House Ap
propriations Committee said, Gov
ernment employes would be limited
to one pay raise during the new
fiscal year starting next July 1.
, Furthermore, if they are making
$3,200 or more a year they will not
be entitled to a raise if they’ve had
one since June 30, 1936. If their
salary is less than $3,200, they are
eligible, provided they haven’t had
a boost'since June 30, 1938.
Other Disclosures.
Other items revealed when the
• independent offices appropriations
bill was reported today to the House
included:
Failure of the Maritime Commis
sion's emergency training schools to
attract more than a fraction of the
4.000 to 5,000 seamen beached by
the operations of the Neutrality Act
was discussed. Admiral Emory S.
Land, commission chairman, said
only 78 of these unemployed men
were willing to sign up for training.
Asked the reason for objection, he
said: “Regimentation, militarism and
. concentration camD.”
The Civil Service Commission is
having what might be called a
school teacher’s nightmare. Com
mission officials repo, ted that on
June 30. 1939, it had 384,000 sets of
examination papers on hand to be
graded. During the year which
ended that day the commission had
graded 361,000 sets. More fund.
* were asked.
More tourists visited the White
House during the past fiscal year
than in any previous year in the
Executive Mansion’s history. As a
result an extra houseman is asked.
Airplane speeds of 500 miles an
hour are considered likely within
two years and speeds in excess of
* that are possible if propellers can
be improved, the National Advisory
Committee for Aeronautics reported.
Dr. Vannevar Bush, committee
chairman, advised Congress that
expansion of military aviation in
the United States would involve the
expenditure of about $300,000,000 for
new aircraft the coming year.
Many Planes in Alaska.
Chairman Robert H. Hinckley of
the Civil Aeronautics Authority told
the Appropriations Subcommittee
that on a population basis there
were 116 times as many commercial
airplanes in Alaska as in the United
States. There are 70 times more
miles flown there per capita than
in the United States, he added, 23
times more passengers carried, 48
times as much mail and 1,034 times
as much freight.
• The Public Roads Administration
has become doubtful of the value of
cotton fabric as a binder material
for thin bituminous road surfaces,
according to Thomas H. MacDonald,
commissioner of the Roads Admin
istration. Many Southerners had
haled the road-binding experiments
as the beginning of a vast new out
let for surplus cotton.
• "
Forces Poised for Largest
Army-Navy War Games
By the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16.—
Somewhere off the California coast
a mythical invader deployed war
Bhips and troop transports today
for a simulated attack on the main
land. where massed defense forces
waited to head off the ‘'enemy.”
Six United States Army transports,
loaded with troops, were southbound
from Puget Sound for a rendezvous
with a powerful naval force which
steamed northward yesterday from
San Pedro under command of Ad
miral C. P. Snyder.
The two units will meet some
where offshore to form the attack
ing force expected to strike this
week with its 7,500 men somewhere
between here and Santa Barbara.
The mock invasion will comprise
' the largest war games ever under
taken jointly by the Army and
Navy.
Defense forces, consisting of 6.000
soldiers of the Army and National
Guard, artillery, cavalry, tanks,
planes and a balloon squadron, were
concentrated in a triangle extending
from the two coastal points to Fres
no in the San Joaquin Valley.
The defenders also were aided by
a far-flung warning system among
forest service lookouts, lighthouse
keepers, the Coast Guard, amateur
radio operators and telehone com
pany employes. Any of these sight
ing enemy planes or ships will ad
vise San Francisco headquarters,
from which wrord will be flashed to
the defense forces.
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British Jurist
Sits on Bench
As Guest
A distinguished jurist who served
* In India, the Near East and the
Bahamas sat as a guest yesterday
in the United States Court of Ap
peals, where two criminal cases were
being considered, and listened to
oral arguments by counsel. He is
Sir Richard Clifford Tute.
Sir Richard met United States
Attorney David A. Pine and his as
* sistants, John W. Jackson and Al
bert Goldstein, as well as other
lawyers, after court adjourned.
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner
and Associate Justice Harold M.
Stephens of the appellate tribunal
had previously met Sir Richard
and as a courtesy invited him to
sit on the bench as a guest.
Sir Richard was bom in 1874, the
son of an Indian civil service offi
cial, served as chief justice of the
Bahamas from 1932 to 1938. He is
an outstanding scholar and author
and is a barrister of the Inner
Temple in London. In India he
received the thanks of the govern
ment for his work in the co-opera
tive credit movement.
During the World War Sir Rich
ard served in the Gallipoli campaign,
as well as participating in a num
• ber of engagements in France, and
left the service with the rank of
, major. He served in Jerusalem in
the land court there and is the in
ventor of the Tute ranging protrac
tor for artillery.
BOSTON.—FOUR BOYS DROWNED IN HARBOR—Four youths were drowned here yesterday as a
result of the dangerous sport of hopping from one floating ice cake to another. Eight others
were saved. The dead were Joseph Curry, 15; Wallace, 12, and Ralph Whitehouse, 8, brothers, and
Charles Kendall, 8. Above Joseph Murphy, 14, clings to cake of ice awaiting rescue by police half
mile offshore. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Both Major Parties
May Select Chicago
For Conventions
Leaders Are Favoring
Bid if Cash Offer
Is High Enough
By the Associated Press.
Reports circulated among Demo
! cratic and Republican leaders today
that Chicago could have both na
tional party conventions this year if
j it equaled or bettered the cash-on
: the-barrelhead offers of other cities.
Senator McNary of Oregon, the
Republican leader, already has sug
gested that his party meet in Chi
cago. He has contended that the
Midwest will be a major battle
ground in the campaign, and that
the convention thus should be in
that section.
Senator Vandenberg, Republican,
of Michigan, regarded as a con
tender for the Republican presiden
tial nomination, and John Hamil
ton, chairman of the Republican
National Committee, were reported
wanting to see the convention there.
On the Democratic side, one
Southern Senator told reporters he
was betting even money that his
! party would meet in Chicago. He
said the question of how much cash
i the Illinois city would put up was
the only one involved.
Both the Democratic and Repub
lican conventions were in Chicago
in 1932, but the city lost both in
1936.
Some leaders in both parties have
contended it would not be feasible,
from the point of view of delegates’
traveling expenses, to hold a con
vention on either the Eastern or the
Western Coast.
The convention cities may he des
ignated at meetings of the Demo
cratic and Republican National
Committees here, February 5 and
16, respectively.
Secret bids will be offered to the
committees, and anything under six
figures undoutedly will receive scant
attention. Reports among well
advised politicians are that the top
1 offers will be in the neighborhood
I of $200,000.
In addition to Chicago, cities
mentioned as possible convention
sites include New York, Boston, Bal
timore, San Francisco, St. Louis and
Philadelphia.
Red Cross to Open
Four Classes This Week
Two advanced classes in first aid
and two classes in home hygiene and
care of the sick are being organized
by the District Chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross.
The advanced first aid classes,
open oplv to those who have com
pleted the Red Cross standard
course, will be held Monday and
Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to
9:30, beginning tomorrow, and on
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
from 10 to 12, beginning Thursday.
Robert H. Duncan, chapter director
of instruction, is to be the teacher.
One of the classes in home hy
giene is to be held from 10 to 12
Tuesday and Thursday mornings
and the other from 2 to 4 on Wed
nesday and Friday afternoons. Miss
Caroline E. Thomson, R. N., will be
the instructor.
Further information may be ob
tained at National 5400, branch 240.
Fuels That Don't Explode
In Crash Evolved for Planes
B> the Associated Press.
DETROIT. Jan. 16—By making
airplane fuels almost as easy to
handle as ordinary kerosene, engi
neers have taken a step toward a
reduction in the hazard of fire aloft.
The development of "safety fuels”
for plane engines was described to
day in a paper by two oil develop
ment comypany engineers, Robert
E. Ellis and William J. Sweeney,
presented before the annual meet
ing of the Society of Automotive
Engineers.
The United States Navy is experi
menting with such fuels for greater
safety in the operation of the planes
based on its aircraft carriers.
Concurrently experiments are be
ing carried on with direct fuel in
jection engines, which have no car
buretors, because gasoline which will
not explode or ignite readily in a
crash fails to vaporize like that in
the ordinary automobile engine.
Gasoline more nearly crash proof
than that normally used in aviation
engines is produced, Mr. Ellis and
Mr. Sweeney explained, by raising
its boiling point or volatility.
Moreover, they said, enongh of It
appears to be available to "satisfy
the aviation industry for many more
years of expansion.” Possibly other
uses will be found for safety fuels,
they added, such as in boats equipped
with gasoline engines.
Adding to the interest of the
commercial airlines and the armed
services in safety fuels and fuel
injection engines has been the dis
cr -ry in recent years that power
i ases of as much as 10 per cent
have been obtained from engines of
that type for a given amount of
gasoline.
Manton Appeals
To Supreme Court
For Final Chance
Recognition Sought
'For the Honor of the
American Judiciary'
The plea of former Federal Cir
cuit Judge Martin T. Manton for a
chance to clear himself of the
charge of conspiracy to sell Judicial
favors was before the Supreme
Court for consideration today.
In a petition yesterday, asking for
review, counsel for the convicted
jurist declared he had had "no rea
sonable chance" in the lower courts,
and that public policy demanded he
have such an opportunity, because
such a conviction “tends to destroy
the confidence of the people in the
courts.”
The petition added, however, that
if the accused former jurist "is un
able to clear himself before this
court, he deserves any denunciation
this court might give.”
“We ask this court, for the honor
of the American judiciary, to give
him his chance here," the petition
concluded.
At one point, the petition implied
strongly that the defendant’s attor
neys felt that politics had affected
the case, at least in the public mind.
It called attention to the part played
in the case by Thomas E. Dewey,
New York County district attorney,
saying:
“The case started in the New York
County district attorney's office, by
his investigation, and it is not im
possible that in the strife of politics,
by newspaper statements and other
wise, petitioner has been severely
injured.”
Manton was senior circuit judge
when he resigned before his trial in
Federal District Court at New York.
He was sentenced to two years in
the penitentiary and fined $10,000.
His conviction was unanimously
sustained by the Federal Circuit
Court.
George M. Spector, insurance
agent convicted with him, appealed
to the high tribunal at the same
time. He was sentenced to imprison
ment for one year and fined $5,000.
Manton was convicted under an
indictment charging that he con
spired with Spector and others to
obstruct justice.
Music Clubs to Hear
Symphony President
L. Corrin Strong, president of
the National Symphony Associa
tion, will be the principal speaker
at the midwinter rally of the Dis
trict Federation of Music Clubs at
8:30 o'clock tonight in Woodward
Hall of the Calvary Baptist Church,
Eighth and H streets NW.
Senior members of the federation,
who will present a musical program,
include the Elizabeth Somers Glee
Club, directed by Mary Barnett;
the Madrigal Singers, directed by
Mrs. J. M. Sylvester; Christine
Ghdrch^ and Hazel B. Cake, vocal
aolofets; Helene Finnacom, pianist,
and Eloy Fominaya, violinist.
Eva Whitford Lovette, president
of the federation, will preside.
Hanley Wins Honors
In Merrick Debate
Dexter L. Hanley, a senior from
Puerto Rico, last night was adjusted
best individual speaker in the an
nual Merrick debate of members of
the Philodemic Society at George
town University.
Mr. Hanley also was a member of
the winning team in opposing strict
military and economic isolation from
the belligerents in the war. His
teammate was Burke E. Schoensee.
The other team was made up of
Carl H. Watson, jr., and Thomas A.
Callaghan.
Principal Suspended
After Battle With
Girl Student
Says She Fought Back
When He Attempted
To Punish Her
By the Associated Press.
SOUTH CONNELLSVILLE, Pa.,
Jan. 16.—Charges of abusing a 17
year-old girl student due to a chew
ing gum incident today brought
about suspension of John Snader 40,
junior high school principal.
The School Board announced his
removal pending a “complete and
impartial investigation,” but em
phasized that the action “does not
constitute any admission of any
charges nor will it result in any sus
pension of salary at this time. ’
Mr. Snader told the board mem
bers that he had attempted to pun
ish Josephine Edenbo last Friday
for chewing gum and falsifying
about it and that when she fought
back it was a question of self-de
fense.
Haymaker Landed.
"I slapped her face—lightly,” said
the unmarried principal. "I turned
to go. Then she landed a haymaker
on my cheek. I thought the side of
the building had caved in. Then I
slapped her face three or four times
—both sides. She tripped over a
chair and sat down on the floor with
a thump.”
The student charged:
“He hit me in the face several
times. Skating tickets and other
articles in my pocketbook were scat
tered about when he knocked me
down. And he hit me while I was
down, too. As he grabbed me by
the wrist I warned him not to break
my watch or he would have to pay
for it. I got in one good right sock
to the jaw and he turned deathly
Dale.”
Crowd Gathered.
About 30 students who sided with
Josephine stayed outside after the
noon recess, but 10 of them later
returned to class.
A crowd of residents milled about
the building where the board met
and President Ralph Miller reported
its size "prompted the board to go
into executive session for a thorough
and impartial” inquiry. The session
lasted three and a half hours.
Mr. Miller said that within a week
he beiieved the investigation would
be completed and “further steps"
taken.
Roanoke Baptist Pastors
Oppose Vatican Envoy
By the Associated Press.
ROANOKE. Va., Jan. 16—The
Roanoke Baptist Ministers' Confer- 1
ence expressed disapproval of the I
appointment of a "personal repre
sentative" to the Vatican by Presi
dent Roosevelt in a resolution
passed today.
“We believe that the establish
ment of any form of diplomatic re
lation with any ecclesiastical body
whatever is a violation of the prin
ciple of separation of church and
state and also a violation of the
spirit of the first amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States." the resolution stated.
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Rural Doctor, Expecting Twins,
Delivers Quadruplets
By the Associated Press.
NAUVOO, Ala.. Jan. 16.—Mrs.
Clyde Short, a coal miner's wife,
was the proud mother today of
quadruplets—three girls and one
boy.
They were born Sunday night at
the Short’s rural home near here
and later taken to the Walker
County Hospital.
A small-town physician, Dr. H. J.
Sankey, said he delivered the babies
in good health within an hour and
15 minutes with the help of several
neighboring housewives.
Each of the children, he said,
weighed a few ounces over 3 pounds.
The girls were named Faith, Hope
and Charity. No name has been
chosen for the boy.
Dr. Sankey said he was surprised
at the birth of four children.
“I was expecting twins,” he
chuckled.
Medical records show quadruplets
are delivered at only one out of
1,000,000 births. Records list one in
100 as twin births, and one in 10,000
triplets.
Less than half of the children de
livered in triplet births survive, and
the chances for survival of quad
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ON YOUR FEET
before business and government conferences,
boards, clubs • and audiences of all kinds
by
THE
GRANVILLE B. JACOBS
Method of
*
PERSONALIZED
INSTRUCTION
Granville B. Jacobs
B. S.; M. S.
One Wall St., New Yark City
Granville B. Jacobs has PERSONAL
LY trained more business and pro
fessional men in public speaking dur
ing the past three years than any
other instructor in the United States.
He has been training adults in effective
speaking and dealing with people for four
teen years. Many leading business and
financial institutions have engaged his
services to improve their personnel in the
art of dealing with people.
He has had wide experience, not only as
an instructor, but also as a practical busi
ness man. He has held key positions in
direct sales, sales promotion and sales
training work with The Celotex Corpora
tion of Chicago, manufacturers of insula
tion and acoustical materials.
The originator and director of this course
was awarded an L. C. Roberts Fellowship
for advanced study at Columbia University.
New York, 1932-1923. He has served
as special lecturer at the Walton School of
Commerce and at Loyola University. Chi
cago. Companies and organizations which
have benefited from his instruction and
talks include such as the White Motor
Truck Co.. The Glens Falls Insurance Co..
The Financial Advertisers’ Association of
America. The Safe Deposit Association of
Washington. D. C. and Sales Forum
Advertising Club of N. Y.
"
Personalized instruction is important to you in i
the development of your speaking ability.
You will appreciate the importance of a football
coach knowing his men personally in order to
develop effectively their latent powers.
Coach Rockne developed “All-American” players
because he knew his men personally and they
knew him.
This is even more important in developing your
latent powers in Talking and Thinking on Your
Feet.
Personalized instruction means that this course |
is conducted by Granville B. Jacobs himself. He
will be with you at every class session except two.
You will know him—he will know you. He will
direct your progress and give personalized in
struction according to your needs.
!
WHAT THIS TRAINING !
WILL DO FOR YOU
PROVIDES A PRACTICAL SETTING in which to
practice effective speaking, in the company of other people
who hove the courage to admit a handicap and the vision to
do something about it.
EQUIPS YOU WITH SELF ASSURANCE; banishes
audience fear. Address any group or individual without em
barrassment.
SHARPENS YOUR THINKING when under pressure |j
of platform speaking or conference room discussion.
SMOOTHS OUT THE 'ROUGH SPOTS' in diction and In
posture. Corrects nervous habits, awkwardness and "hand
consciousness."
EXPANDS YOUR VOCABULARY; use words in speech ||
and writing with greoter precision and flexibility.
Well known organizations
where this course has been
conducted—
I
Advertising Club of New York,
New York City
The Riggs National Bank,
Washington, B. C.
Mercantile Trust Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
Manufacturers and Bankers Club,
Philadelphia, Pa.
WASHINGTON EXECUTIVES
WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS
COURSE SAY—
"Thil course not only trains people to
j think on their feet and get out of their
shell, but it gives them a practical train
| ing in the psychology of dealing with
| people.”
ROBERT H. DRISKILL. Attorney,
Woodward Building.
"A two-fisted course that generates a new
degree of self-confidence and enthusiasm.
A practical training for dealing with indi
viduals as well as with groups."
L. S. WEBSTER. District Manager,
Peoples Drug Stores. Inc.
“This training in straight-forward think
ing and forceful expression has been most
valuable to me."
HARRY H. STEIDLE.
Bureau of Standards.
At the meeting you will be given a booklet
containing scores of additional names of
men and women who have benefited by
this training.
ENRICHES THE TONAL QUALITIES OF YOUR j
VOICE.
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GIVES YOU A WORKABLE SYSTEM FOR RE- [i
MEMBERING names, faces and what your intend to say. j
INCREASES YOUR PERSONAL POWER by improv
ing your ability to apply practical principles of psychology in
dealing with people.
ENABLES YOU TO 'FORGET' YOUR STENOG
RAPHER and dictate effective letters with spontaneous ease. Ii
DEVELOPS YOUR POWER TO SPEAK EXTEM
PORANEOUSLY.
PREPARES YOU FOR RICHER REWARDS—
conquer the forces that keep you "tongue-tied" to your chair.
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Tonight, January 16 Wednesday, January 17
East Room North Room
5:30 to 7:30 P.M. 5:30 to 7:30 P.M.
or 8:00 to 10:00 P.M. or 8:00 to 10:00 P.M.
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COME—JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
These preliminary sessions have been
arranged to give you an opportunity
to see how the course is conducted.
You will hear students speak. They
represent various government depart*
ments, professions, and well-known
Washington business firms. They are
the same individuals who used to
quake in their boots at the very
thought of facing an audience. You
must see for yourself what this train
ing has done for others to realize what
it can do for you.
You will see why personalized instruc
tion produces results. The program
at each of the above meetings will be
similar. Come as a guest to any one.
The 5:30 P.M. meetings have been ar
ranged for the convenience of those
who prefer to stop in on their way
home from the office. These are not
dinner meetings.
NO CHARGE—NO OBLIGATION
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Prepare for Richer Rewards—Greater Leadership
MAKE 1940 COUNT 1